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Originally Posted by turneronce
Use of language on this forum and elsewhere is getting pretty bad. The latest, heard everywhere, including on major networks, is the misuse of the word multiple”. 8 is a multiple of 2, 9 a multiple of 3. What happened to what they really mean, like “several”, “a few”, “many”, etc.? Am I picky? Yes, words have meaning.
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It’s probably because people learn a “proper” usage and then believe they are right. Last week someone claimed “golf” was not a verb - it is. Now a claim is made that “several” or “many” are not synonyms of “multiple” - they are.
Online dictionaries and thesauruses are easy to find.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works.
Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so.
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